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GYROPLANE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller
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Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gyroplane" is a kind of...):
heavier-than-air craft (a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it)